LAN name resolution

I have a smarthome server which I call James, which I so far only want available for users connected to the house LAN somehow. If I connect to the LAN through the wifi on the same router as James is hardwired to, I can open https://james/index.html.

But I need wifi-extenders in my house. I have one connected with wire from the main router. If I connect with wifi to this router, my PC can't find James anymore!

What do I need to do where to make this work? I do _not_ want to do anything on the client pc, since this should work for any pc that connects to the LAN without further configuration.

what are the IPs of your routers (connected to James and Extender)?
Probably if you are connected to the extender your primary LAN is not accessible and that´s why you can not communicate with james (did you try to use IP instead of hostname when browsing James?)

Sorry I haven't followed up on this before. The router is an Jensen Airlink3000DG.

I didn't quite see what I should do where to follow up on your suggestions, but while searching through the settings of the router, I found the choice to set it up as "Router" or "Wifi access point". Selecting the latter fixed the problem!

Since I have no idea if your suggestion would have helped, but found the correct setting because I fumbled around trying to implement your idea, I award you the points, but give a B grade. Hope that's OK.

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